James Baldwin - Se Esta Rua Falasse

Se Esta Rua Falasse​ this is the story it would tell: Tish, 19 years old, falls in love with Fonny, whom she has known since childhood. They make promises of love and dream of a life together. But Fonny is thrown into prison, falsely accused of a terrible crime. When Tish discovers she is pregnant with Fonny’s child, both families unite in the search for evidence that could prove his innocence.

Separated by a cold glass wall, Tish and Fonny wait—and despair—carried day after day by a love that strives to rise above hopelessness, injustice, racism, and hatred. Between the vibrant Harlem neighborhood, where Fonny dreams of becoming a sculptor, and the island of Puerto Rico, where the key to his freedom may lie, unfolds a race against time, paced by the growing swell of Tish’s belly. Sensual, violent, and deeply moving, this novel is a beautiful blues song—bittersweet in tone, laced with notes of anger, yet still full of hope.